Sturmey FM indicator adjustment

I swapped out the winter-roller-riding fixed wheel and reinstalled my FM hub on my Italvega frankenbike yesterday. I had trouble getting all four gears to

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, Apr 22, 2013

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I swapped out the winter-roller-riding fixed wheel and reinstalled my FM hub
on my Italvega frankenbike yesterday. I had trouble getting all four gears
to engage and I wonder if I did it right. I found that the indicator did not
pull out far enough to match up the mark on the spindle with the axle end.
So I tightened up the cable so that it's just loose enough to pull out for
the lowest gear and latch the trigger in position. This seems to work all
right, but I'm a little concerned that things inside may not be engaged all
the way.

I don't ride the hub too hard (after all, it's not much younger than I am)
and it seems that, if it doesn't slip and I'm not really stomping it, I'm
probably not likely to damage anything anyway, even if the adjustment is not
quite right.

Comments?

David Bean
Arlington, MA USA

Mark Stonich

FMs have left side indication. Shown at the bottom of page 4 in; http://hadland.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/safitadj.pdf Your method is probably very close.

Your method is probably very close. 4 speeds seem to shift onto "Bottom" better with a little pressure on the pedals.

On Apr 22, 2013, at 6:19 AM, David Bean wrote:

I swapped out the winter-roller-riding fixed wheel and reinstalled my FM hub
on my Italvega frankenbike yesterday. I had trouble getting all four gears
to engage and I wonder if I did it right. I found that the indicator did not
pull out far enough to match up the mark on the spindle with the axle end.
So I tightened up the cable so that it's just loose enough to pull out for
the lowest gear and latch the trigger in position. This seems to work all
right, but I'm a little concerned that things inside may not be engaged all
the way.

I don't ride the hub too hard (after all, it's not much younger than I am)
and it seems that, if it doesn't slip and I'm not really stomping it, I'm
probably not likely to damage anything anyway, even if the adjustment is not
quite right.

That is the only way I ever got my SA 4 speeds to shift properly. I used a similar technique for the left side of the dual cable 5 speeds. Even the 3 speeds

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, Apr 23, 2013

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That is the only way I ever got my SA 4 speeds to shift properly. I used a similar technique for the left side of the dual cable 5 speeds. Even the 3 speeds got adjusted tighter than factory spec which gave less probability of N meaning Neutral instead of Normal.

And when I used the FM (which are also 5 years older than I am) I rode them hard, hard enough to break left ball cups with regularity. I would now use a steel shell to prevent that.

However make sure that the indicators are assembled properly. And according to some rebuilders like Peter Reed, matching the 3 springs in the hub can work wonders. I never played with that when the FM was in active service.

Michael Wilson

--- In Geared_hub_bikes@yahoogroups.com, "David Bean" <beandk@...> wrote:
>
> I swapped out the winter-roller-riding fixed wheel and reinstalled my FM hub
> on my Italvega frankenbike yesterday. I had trouble getting all four gears
> to engage and I wonder if I did it right. I found that the indicator did not
> pull out far enough to match up the mark on the spindle with the axle end.
> So I tightened up the cable so that it's just loose enough to pull out for
> the lowest gear and latch the trigger in position. This seems to work all
> right, but I'm a little concerned that things inside may not be engaged all
> the way.
>
> I don't ride the hub too hard (after all, it's not much younger than I am)
> and it seems that, if it doesn't slip and I'm not really stomping it, I'm
> probably not likely to damage anything anyway, even if the adjustment is not
> quite right.
>
> Comments?
>
> David Bean
> Arlington, MA USA
>

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